Home › Words › S › sweetrootsweetrootsweetroot means liquorice.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sweetroot ranks #2,614 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sweet + root.nounliquoricewestern sweet cicely, western sweetroot (Osmorhiza occidentalis)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.allsorts 55% match — Liquorice allsorts. vs sweetroot →alphenic 55% match — White barley sugar vs sweetroot →sweetleaf 55% match — Any plant of the genus Stevia, from which stevia is extracted. vs sweetroot →licochalcone 55% match — Any of a group of chalconoids, present in the roots of Glycyrrhiza, that show antimalarial properties vs sweetroot →strega 55% match — An Italian herbal liqueur coloured with saffron. vs sweetroot →dulcose 54% match — dulcite vs sweetroot →nalivka 54% match — A Slavic sweet fruit or berry liqueur vs sweetroot →lokum 53% match — Turkish delight vs sweetroot →